Window-sash-retaining arrangement



LSEZEES Nm@ 214i, "11925.

W. R. SLAPPEY WINDOW SASH RETAINING ARRANGEMEN'F Filed April 3, 1923 @ttor new@ \e.\ surtaf'e 2t) thereof extends outwardly troni the outside sur'l'aee of the stile 2t) to whit-li it. is attarln-d, tor cooperation with the reiainingnienihers 1G, as will he subseilneutly'described.

Referringr to the retaining` nienibers 1G, the 'saine are in the main ronstrneted after the retaining members illustrated iu my rpeinlin} appliralion above referred to and include si rips olt material lient substantiall)` inidwajvv ol their ends to provide relalivel;Y straight leg' portions Zt and 3T upon carb. and in substantiallxY V-shaped relation. 'lla` le.;r lt oi ein-li retaining member 16 is preferably l'nmided with a paiil ot' openings ISS and rt? therein respectively disposed adjarent the vtree end and connectingr end thereot adapted to reeeire attaching` elements such as screws` wherebyv the saine may bepositioned within the recesses t3 and lt ot' the lsash rihe lea' portion 3T oll each inei'nher ttl is. preferably bitureated at its tree end to provide arni portions ttl and' Lll rolled at their tree ends to provide aligning openings t'or .ereiring a pin lit, upon whirh a steel roller -t is rotatahl;Y niounted intermediate the arms ftd and fil. rThe roller si?) is unlike thi` roller illustrated in my eopending appliration above ret'erred to and is net'erahly provided with an annular groove 45, which roneared in rross section, and adapt-ed for snlistantially snugly receivingr the Convex suriaf'e 29 et a trafkway 25. Thus, it is ol)- vions that hy the provision ot the annular groove 45,' the roller 43 provides tlanges which may engage the sides of the traelmvays 25. lt is preferred that the leg' port-ion 37- ot nach' inenil'ier 1G he provided with an opening' fl? adjacent, its roi'ineeting end, which when the portions 56 and 37 are in substantially doubled relation will align with the opening` 39 in the liornier. Similarly, it is preferred that the slot t9 intermediate the arms 4t) and :it he ot sntiieient depth to expose the opening $58 ol' leg Sti when the latter'is bent proximate the leg 3i'. rthis is in aecordanee with the easy attaching); feature heretofore desrrihed in iny ropending application above interred to.

ri`he members 16 are preterabl)v assembled in the npper and lower recesses 1? and 14 of the sash at. the side strips 12 thereof` so that the leg portions 3G thereof are rigidly seenred against; the strips 12 with the arm portions ST upstanding and downstfandinre' in resilient; manner from the upper and' lower reeesses 'l and' 'lllrespeetively, so that the rollers 'til are normally urged into engagenientr with the trarlcways Incident. to the fart that the tintlways 9.5 have been errentrii-ally positioned with respect to the farine; surfaces 30 and 32 of the retaining' beads intermediate which the sash slides, it is obvious that the rollers :t3 will engage the, trackwaj.' J5 so that the inside tianges thereof more lirnily eng-ane the inside .sux-laves oi" the trarkways than theouter (langes ot' said roll` vrs, substantially as is illustrated in ltigure 2l of thedlawing. and which arrai\; fenient. will resiliently maintain the side pieres l2 ot the sash frame ll into engagement with the hr side snrt'ares l5() ot the inside retaininghead against. which the saine rests. as to prevent any liability of rattling' ot the window inrident to wind pressure t'roin the ont-side of the building' in which the window ronstrnc tion is provided. l`he retaining: members lt are of course aeenrately positioned upon the frame lt ot the sash A, so that when in position intermediate the stop and parting` heads, the resilient arni portions 37 of said retainingf members 16 will he slightly sprung to resiliently urge the sash A against the innermost stop or partiner heads, and after the manner illustrated in Fignre 3 ot the drawing. Incident to the provision of the longitudinal V-shaped 2grooves l5 in the side pieces of the sash traine, the sash may coinpaetly and aeeurately (it within the window trame l, against liahilit)y ol any landing action.

Frontv the l`ore roingl description of this invention, it. is apparent that sash retaining means has 'been provided -t'or window constructions, by which the sash may he eti'ectivelv retained in nonnattling and nonihratory position in resilient, manner, .so that the window sash majy he easily and conveniently operated and retained in a predetermined position within the window eas ing, either open or closed.

Various Changes in the shape,` size and arrangement ot' parts infnrv he inade to the form ot' invention herein shown and described, without'. departingl from the spirit. ot the invention or the scope oit the claims.

l claim:

l. In mnnl'iination with a easing ineludinginner and enter strips, of a sash for sliding' in said easing intermediate said strips, a traekway rarried h v said Casina' intermediate. said strips, and resilient, ineinhers supportedb)1 said sash engaging said traekway a cani action being set up between the resilient members and traekway for laterally urging' said sash into resilient and yieldable engagement with the inside strip.

2. In eoinhination with a. easing having stop beads extending` laterally of a stile. thereol", and a sash -tor sliding' in said easing intermediair` said stop heads, of. a traekwaxv attarhed to said stile intermediate said atop heads inrludinn a convexly ar ruate portion extending' outwardly from the stile, the rent-vr line ol` whit-h traelcway is disposed nearer to a lacing" snri'nre of one ol' said stop heads than with respect to the other ot' said stop heads, and means resilientlv supported hy said sash at the stile facing edges thereot' adapted to engage said traeliway, a eam iietien being setup hetween the resilienihj Supported means and areuale nurtiun el' the traeliway so that the ineens is winneie `x-'ieldahly urge Said sash inte engagement willi the side of the stop bend whieh is nearest te the triieli'way.

3. ln a devire el' the eliiss described, the. i'nnihiindinn with a i'asing iiii'liidiiig retaining sli-ips and ii sash l'ni` sliding therebetween, ni' mim menneI sulipni'led h y the ens4 ine', and mennel carried hy (he. side edges 0l' the .sash :ind engaging the eani means to l'uiee lsaid sash laterali)v inte engagement with a side, et' one el' the retaining strips.

l. in ennihiiiatien with a window easing including side Stiles having?y inside and entside step beads und il parting head extending laterali)lv therefrom to prei-ide vertiral ways and sashes for sliding` within said ways, of trackways attached te said Stiles within seid ways siileistui'itiaily V-shaped in cross section and provided with eoniexed enter track center line if-said Sin-faves, said lrarhways heilig` parallel with respiri-t in .said heads and eodistanced with res-peet iheretu that the center line et the triieliwziye are disiineed nearer tn the facingsaid traeliwnys le yieidahly urge the Sash into engagement with the nearest facing Surface et' the innermost beads.

WIL'LIAB if R. SLAPPE Y Viehuped manner intersecting 

